Maintaining a diet that contains elements from all food groups is critical to health and a fit body. However, what is not lacking in supermarkets are foods that are temptingly tasty, but that are very harmful to the body if consumed indiscriminately.
Cook, Master of Science, PhD, Registered Nutritional Consultant and Registered Orthomolecular Physician, Michelle Schoffro, in her book The Vitality Diet, not yet published in Portuguese, has compiled a list of the worst foods for humans with the aim that people's awareness could dissuade them from reducing or abolishing their consumption. Here are these dangerous foods and the whys of the evils that each cause:
10th place? Ice cream
Ice cream contains not only too much sugar, but also trans fats and the dangerous artificial colors and flavors, which are known in the scientific community as neurotoxins, as these chemicals cause brain and nervous system damage. To avoid the damage that ice cream can do to health consume it sporadically, read the product label to select one that contains less health-damaging substances and prefer the consumption of natural frozen fruit.
9th place? Cornmeal Cookies
Cornmeal cookies of all types and flavors, known as snack foods, are bad for the human body because they are made with genetically modified corn and fried in rancid oil.
The main ills of these cookies are the rapid elevation of blood sugar levels, which can cause mood swings and weight gain; and the propensity for inflammation. Replacing corn chips with whole-grain baked cookies is the best solution.
8th place? Frozen pizza
Eating pizza weekly on Fridays is a very common habit among Brazilians, but care must be taken to make it with fresh and healthy ingredients, as most frozen pizzas come with preservatives that are harmful. In addition, these pizzas are made of bleached flours that when reacting with the body causes deregulation of blood sugar balance.
7th place? French fries
French fries are not only rich in trans fats, but also contain one of the most potent carcinogens: acrylamide. Acrylamide is produced when the potato reacts with very high temperatures. If potatoes are fried in rancid oil, the risk is increased by the possibility of developing heart disease and arthritis as well.
6th place? Potato Chips
According to the government agency responsible for regulating health issues in Canada, potato chips, ie baked potato chips, are more harmful than potato chips because their manufacturing process involves subjecting the potatoes to very high temperatures, favoring the formation of high levels of the carcinogen acrylamide.
5th place? Bacon
According to recent research by the American Heart Association's Circulation, the consumption of processed meats such as bacon daily increases the risk of heart disease by 42% and diabetes by 19%. In addition, a Columbia University study found that eating bacon 14 times a month can damage lung function and increase the risk of lung disease.
4th place? Hot dog
A University of Hawaii study found that eating hot dogs and other sausage dishes increases the risk of pancreatic cancer by 67 percent.
One of the ingredients found in both hot dog sausage and bacon, and possibly other sausages, is sodium nitrite, which is associated with leukemia and brain tumors in children and bowel and rectal cancer.
3rd place? Sugary Donuts
Sugared donuts, known as donuts in the United States, and in Brazil, equivalent to sweets like glacial carolines and dreams, have 35 to 40 percent of the dangerous trans fat. This excessive amount of trans fats can cause brain and heart disease as well as various cancers.
2nd place? Soda
According to research by Dr. Joseph Mercola, "A can of refrigerant averages 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 milligrams of caffeine and is full of artificial colors and sulfites."
This information alone should make people rethink the consumption of soda, but in addition, it is known that soda, especially cola, are acidic and difficult to work with the kidneys and that the body balances the acidity of this liquid it uses of alkaline minerals such as calcium, which promotes weakening of bones. Soft drinks have been linked in various studies to osteoporosis, obesity, tooth loss and kidney and heart disease.
1st place ? Diet soda
Consuming diet sodas is an alternative for those who want to reduce sugar consumption, but this drink is considered the worst among all foods harmful to the human body because it contains the sweetener aspartame.
According to research by Lynne Melcombe, author of the book Health Hazards of White Sugar, aspartame causes problems such as anxiety attacks, binge eating and sugar, birth defects, blindness, tumors. brain, chest pain, depression, dizziness, epilepsy, fatigue, headaches and migraines, hearing loss, heart palpitations, hyperactivity, insomnia, joint pain, learning disabilities, PMS, muscle cramps, reproductive problems, and even death. .
So avoid this sweetener, as research shows that its over consumption has such severe effects that it can be mistaken for serious illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, epilepsy, Epstein-Barr virus, Huntington's disease, hypothyroidism, Gehrig's disease, Lyme disease, Meniere's disease, multiple sclerosis and post polio syndrome.
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